Six people were arrested earlier this week after police got to the bottom of a string of recent thefts and possible narcotics violations in the Dixon area. Maries County Sheriff’s deputies and the Lake Area Narcotics Unit made the arrests during the search of a home on Highway HH in Dixon. The found a large scale meth lab, several rifles, and a handgun. 34-year-old Rodney Templeton, 50-year-old Dennis Lawson, 33-year-old Bobbi Jo Martin, and 19-year-old Amy Copeland, and 41-year-old Robert Gibbons, face various drug related charges.